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This 69-Million-Year-Old Duck-like Skull Reveals How Modern Birds Survived the Dinosaurs
The discovery of a 69-million-year-old bird fossil is reshaping our understanding of avian evolution.
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6 Living Descendants of Dinosaurs
This is likely because birds are the only living descendants of dinosaurs around today, while other species on this list relate to creatures that predate dinosaurs. While the definition is ...
Where in the world are Earth’s oldest dinosaurs?
To account for the numerous gaps in the fossil record, they treated the parts of the world where fossils have not been ...
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How dinosaurs evolved into birds
It’s an unlikely relationship, but the humble pigeon is a descendant of the group of dinosaurs that also includes the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex. The two species share a remarkable biological past. Our ...
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The ‘Chicken-T. Rex Connection’— Demystified By A Biologist
Yet, if one were to look for a living descendant of this prehistoric giant ... Both belong to a group of dinosaurs known as theropods, a clade characterized by hollow bones and three-toed limbs.
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Scientists Confirm a Controversial Physical Feature of This Prehistoric Creature
Even though a theory posits that the closest descendants of the Tyrannosaurus rex are modern-day birds, it’s still difficult to picture a feathered dinosaur. Pterosaurs were flying reptiles ...